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The Atheist Missionaries by Damian Trasler
RolesMinimum Male roles = 3. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort play with a Christian perspective. Single set (informal party)
SynopsisA party is no place for Religion or Politics, but Brian is a recent convert to Christianity. Will his friends resist the urge to un-convert him?
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Audition Anxiety by Robert Scott
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA short comedy sketch.
SynopsisLoretta is late for her audition, but worse than that, there are no other members of the theatre group left! Can she audition for the director anyway? Her performance is certainly memorable.
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The Audition by Sue Gordon
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 4. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTen-minute play, single set (café interior). Simple props.
SynopsisWhilst their daughters audition for a ballet, a group of mothers assembles in a café for a backbiting competition!
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AWOL by Olivia Arieti
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 7 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA well-scripted short scene for two actors and a bench and gives good opportunity for two actors to explore a range of emotions. (The bench is expected to deliver a wooden performance.)
SynopsisDanny is determined to desert the army and cross the border before his leave is over. He plans a future with Jane, his fiancée, but doubts and fears come out during their farewell.
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Babies by Jonathan Edgington
Runner up in the 'Pint-Sized Plays' 2009 playwriting competition.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTen minute comedy play in two acts! Simple sets. Contains swearing and adult content.
SynopsisTwo new mothers discuss life, work, men, sex and babies in two conversations three months apart.
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Back in the Saddle by Janice Sampson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 1. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort monody (a monologue with a little action and a few simple props) for a much-married middle-aged woman. Contains swearing.
SynopsisRita has had a somewhat chequered life when it comes to men. Four husbands with a few boyfriends thrown in along the way has given her a somewhat caustic view of weddings. Nevertheless she has accepted an invitation to her friend's nuptials despite the downmarket location at the local pub with a pork pie buffet. 'Back in the Saddle' is a comedy monologue in which Rita brings the wedding to life for us and we share in her surprise as her re-union with a long forgotten school friend at the reception has unexpected consequences for them both.
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The Bag Ladies by Frank Gibbons
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 3. Minimum total with doubling = 3. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Three ladies somewhat beyond the first flush of youth.
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleShort comedy sketch. (Three old ladies, one park bench, lots of bags, one mild swearword.)
From the Laughter Lines collection.
SynopsisA pause on a shopping trip with plenty of opportunity for misunderstanding.
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Banter by Robert Scott
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RolesMinimum Male roles = 2. Minimum Female roles = 2. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 6 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA comedy sketch with no set required.
SynopsisJohn and Angie are having a quiet conversation before breakfast - or so it would seem. Luckily for us, they each have an interpreter on hand so we can understand what they are really saying.
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BARF by Richard Moon
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  BARF was one of the eight winners of the 2022 Ilkley Playhouse 8x8x8 Playwriting Festivaland was performed at the Ilkley Playhouse in April 2023.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 8 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA funny sketch with a nicely grim twist.
SynopsisPauline's dishwasher is broken and Joe is confident he is the man to fix it for her. But why is Pauline so interested in Joe's private life?
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A Beautiful Day for a Duel by Gerald P. Murphy
RolesMinimum Male roles = 4. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 4. Minimum total without doubling = 4. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 10 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleTen-minute comedy skit. Single set (with no specific requirements) and a pair as duelling pistols as the main props.
SynopsisAndre arrives for his sixth duel of the year to find that his day is in danger of being spoiled by his inexperienced opponent.
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